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DAVID L. SANFORD

DAVID L. SANFORD

Associate Professor of Horticulture
75% Teaching
25% Extension

Joined the department on September 1, 1989

Berks Campus
Tulpehocken Road
237 Luerssen Building
Reading, PA 19610-6009

Ph: 610-396-6161
Email: dls30@psu.edu


Education:
 

PhD., Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, 1984
M.S., Horticulture, Michigan State University, 1976
B.S., Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, Cornell University, 1970
A.A.S., Landscape Development, Alfred State College, 1968

 
Educational Programs:
   
 

Resident Instruction (at the Berks Campus)

  • Hort 101: Horticultural Science
  • Hort 202: Plant Propagation
  • Hort 138: Laboratories for Ornamental Plant Materials
  • Hort 496: Independent Studies in Horticulture
  • Soils 101: Indtroduction to Soils
  • Coordinator for the College of Agricultural Sciences Program at the Berks Campus.
Extension Programs
  • Conduct educational programs, in cooperation with county extension staff, on the identification, culture, maintenance, and landscape use of woody and herbaceous plants.
   
Research Interests:
   
 
  • Evaluation of woody and herbaceous plants for landscape use in southeastern Pennsylvania.
  • Establishment and maintenance of wildflower meadow plantings.
   
Honors and Awards:
 
 
  • Berks Campus Outstanding Service Award, 1993
 
Recent Publications:
   
 
  1. Sanford, David L. and J.Robert Nuss. 1995. Soil management in home gardens and landscapes. Penn State University, UJ 234.

 
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September 6, 2001